The Fifth Child

Herman Melville : Billy Budd - John Keats : Selected Poems (édition Aubier) - Willa Cather : My Antonia - Harold Pinter : The Caretaker - Virginia Woolf : A Haunted House and Other Short Stories - Jennifer Johnston : How Many Miles to Babylon - Doris Lessing : The Fifth Child - Ernest J. Gaines : A Lesson Before Dying - Beverley Naidoo : The Other Side of Truth - Paul Auster : The Brooklyn Follies • L’épreuve se déroulera en deux parties: 1. 2. Vous serez interrogé(e) sur un extrait de l’oeuvre étudiée

with France: discuss the similarities and the differences. Charlotte ADAM Teacher : Mr REDFERN At the time of European construction, the eternal hostility between France and England seems outdated. Yet the position of the two best enemies competing again during the last World Cup rugby is debatable. Historians even speak of the "Hundred Years War" which since the nineteenth century, is used to describe the period of the wars of Louis XIV to

Eating to Children: The Effectiveness of Incentives, Pledges, and Competitions This research examines how school administrators can motivate children to make more healthful food choices using incentives, pledges, and competitions as interventions. A six-month field study was conducted across 55 elementary and middle schools, and the authors analyzed the data using a two-level Bayesian hierarchical linear model. All three interventions increased the choice of fruits and vegetables (the proportion of children

Amélie - Analyse the trajectory of the female protagonist and the way in which the film encourages the viewer to assess what happens to her. Jeunet’s movie Amélie was an international success that divided France. Many were choked by ‘the film’s whitewashing of Paris’ (Dudley), the very noticeable use of CGI, the ‘ tricks and stereotypes’, the fact that the film was filled with ‘hackneyed images of eternal “Frenchness”’ (Film Comment)

British supermarket will be testing whether British customers like Brussels sprouts more when they are labelled “British”. During the two-month testing period, the sprouts on display grown in Great Britain will no longer be advertised as “Brussels sprouts” but as “British sprouts”. The manager thinks that the supermarket should tell its customers the truth, since the sprouts are a British product grown in Great Britain and not a Brussels or Belgian product. Perhaps Belgians should take revenge and

Summer experience in an English-speaking country AMSTERDAM Contents Introduction 3 Why Amsterdam ? 3 Duration of my stay 4 Visit or work ? 5 descriptions 5 The Netherlands 5 Amsterdam 9 My stay 15 Places visited 15 Practice of English 17 Difficulties 18 Learnings 19 Amazing stories

Backing the Future: why investing in children is good for us all nef is an independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being. We aim to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environmental and social issues. We work in partnership and put people and the planet first. Action for Children is one of the UK’s leading children’s charities. We are committed to helping the most vulnerable children

1 Rights: Does government have a right to ban wearing the hijab? Yes Religious freedom has limits; head scarves are outside of protections Religious freedom has some obvious limits. Religiously-endorsed death-by-stoning, for instance, does not receive the protection of freedom of religion in secular democracies. Therefore, it need only be determined that head scarves are inappropriate and socially harmful in order for it to be banned. Indeed, head scarves are an oppressive, undemocratic, and socially

Every Day In the Year (Compiled by his wife Lilly L. Allen, after his death) Published 1913 By Thought we rise; by Thought we fall, by Thought We stand or go; all destiny is wrought By its swift potency , and he who stands Master of Thought, and his desires commands, Willing and weaving thoughts of Love and Alight, Shapes his high end in ’Truth’s unerring Light. He who does not find The way of Meditation cannot reach Emancipation and enlightenment. But thou wilt find the way of Holy Thought;

yourself. She’s German – or rather, Austrian. (NOT She’s German – or better, Austrian.) I’ll see you on Friday – or rather, Saturday. 3. Use the simple present – play(s), rain(s) etc – to talk about habits and repeated actions. I play tennis every Saturday. (NOT I am playing tennis every Saturday.) It usually rains a lot in November. 4. Use will …, not the present, for offers and promises. I’ll cook you supper this evening. (NOT I cook you supper this evening.) I promise I’ll phone you tomorrow